Dream Oven

Lately, I've been collecting the stupid things Trump keeps saying, not because people don't think he says stupid things, but because memories are short and people only seem to only recall the stupid thing he said recently. But when you start to put them together, the impact is staggering.

He's said something stupid nearly every day this week, and tonight's the Presidential Debate here in Atlanta, so we can expect a bumper crop of stupid this evening. BTW, the debate site is barely 2½ miles south of my house - if I lean my head out the window, I could probably smell the stupidity in the air. 

Anyway, to catch everyone up, Monday was a "joke" he had told to Jewish executives about the holocaust and Tuesday he claimed, "They tortured me in the Fulton County Jail.” Wednesday, he tried to explain his previous incoherent story about a  boat, a battery, and a shark, but this time apparently confusing the shark with a snake. Or maybe he confused the battery with a snake - I don't know, the explanation is too confused to follow. 

Today, we're reminded of an interview he gave on Fox News this month where he claimed, “They say that the seas will rise over the next 400 years, one-eighth of an inch, which means basically you have a little more beachfront property, OK?”

The cavalier attitude and his framing of the issue in terms of benefits for the wealthy reminds me of his 2018 visit to North Carolina to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Florence. When he greeted a homeowner who had a large boat that washed ashore in his backyard, Trump asked, “Is this your boat?” When the homeowner said no, Trump replied, “At least you got a nice boat out of the deal.”

To be clear, sea levels have risen eight to nine inches since 1880, and by an eighth of an inch per year over the last three decades. Scientists estimate that under a worst-case scenario, sea levels could rise by as much as 33 feet by 2300 — more than 3,100 times what Trump claimed.